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dzrams
An assertion that they're planning badly for 2022 hinges on an assumption that Whit won't be back next year. Fans have been making that assumption for the last 3 years and have been wrong every time. What if they know he plans to play out his contract?
I'm wondering what are the chances that Whit is back in 2022? What would you say the odds are?
Well has anyone said they are planning badly? Mostly I have seen people ASK is it a good plan?
The main point I have personally been making is that they are in a tougher situation in 2022.
Whitworth is 41 then. Do you count on him? Or if he does play, do you count on him to make it through all his games? Before 2020 AW missed 8 starts in 13 years (that's off the top of my head). In 2020 he missed 7. Guys wear down. Or let's say he can play in 2022. Do you pay Noteboom to keep him too? Or if not do you draft a guy? If you draft a guy for LOT, do you take a 2nd rounder or lower? Because the draft hit record on getting a starting LOT after round 1 is one of the worst for any position in the game.
So it's just a tougher situation.
You don't answer the point that it's a tougher situation by saying "they have a plan." Because whatever plan it is, it can only be so many things--they aren't going to clone AW or create a Frankenstein type LOT in a lab. There's only so many things they CAN do--and they are all things it's harder to count on. (Though they could trade up into round 1 and target a left OT.)
Anyway, it;s harder compared to 2021, where they have depth they already acquired in previous years and so all they have to do is plug guys in and count on depth (like Noteboom). Most (if not all) of the things they can do in 2022 you can't count on. For example Noteboom could come through and nail the position and so they sign him to starter's money--but right now, at this point, can we safely say we can
count on all that?
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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/18/2021 02:06PM by zn.